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Wolf Frankula

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13. I wonder how many modern Randroids (like Eddie Munster) know

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:06 PM

Oct 2016

Ayn Rand was an outspoken atheist who despised religion and called Jesus a 'scabrous bum.'

Ayn Rand called abortion "a moral right of women".

Ayn Rand called racism "the worst form of collectivism.'" (Collectivism means 'bad' in Randish.)

Rand opposed the Vietnam war and detested the draft.

Rand had nothing but contempt for Ronald Reagan.

I am not a Randroid. She couldn't write worth a damn. Her novels are tracts, not novels. I saw the movie version of 'Fountainhead'. Even Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal couldn't make it worth watching.

Wolf

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How Ayn Rand contributed to US becoming a greedy, individualistic nation. [View all] ellenrr Oct 2016 OP

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And people like Paul Ryan, Ron Paul, Rand Paul and Gary Johnson. brush Oct 2016 #3

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What a loathsome piece of crap! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #22

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And he's considered the "intellectual" of the GOP. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #24

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4 books.... rtracey Oct 2016 #12

Third rate philosopher; fourth rate science fiction writer Cary Oct 2016 #4

There is no way in which 'the law of the jungle' can be fashioned Joe Chi Minh Oct 2016 #14

Total nonsense. Cary Oct 2016 #15

I don't think she convinced anyone by herself... she was just a useful tool, a way to justify Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #5

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: Martin Eden Oct 2016 #7

Ayn Rand... Saviolo Oct 2016 #9

I think she may be one author Trump has actually read world wide wally Oct 2016 #10

I read one Ayn Rand book in high school. Boring and badly written. Illogical and demigoddess Oct 2016 #11

I wonder how many modern Randroids (like Eddie Munster) know Wolf Frankula Oct 2016 #13

Ayn Rand was a legend in her own mind DAngelo136 Oct 2016 #16

Also, a legend in her own lunch-time. Joe Chi Minh Oct 2016 #18

Well, reading now that her books were self-published, I can see I have Joe Chi Minh Oct 2016 #19

She also wrote plays Wolf Frankula Oct 2016 #20

I still think the best observation on Rand rdmtimp Oct 2016 #17

Good article. inanna Oct 2016 #21